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To Correspondents.
A MASTER OF A LO » GB . —The Grand Master of England can only grant warrants for the obseivance of the ritual of the G . L . ; but such ritual may ba conducted in any foreign language . MONMOUTH . —The Board having decided the main question , the others are comparatively unimportant . It would have been better that the Master had immediately made the decision known , but he probably thought it due to the Prov . G . M . to apprise him in the first instance , which being hardly an error in judgment should be readily passed aside .
A SUDSCRIBKR . —A Past Master of one Provincial Lodge may , on attending a sister-Lodge in the province , ( of which he is also a subscribing member ) , preside thereat in the absence of the Master and Past Masters , if requested so to do ; but by law , the Wardens rule the Lodge in the absence of the Master , although by law they cannot perform any of the ceremonies . This is an anomaly that requires regulation . R . S . —The law certainly states that a . candidate must be proposed at one Lodge and ballotted for at the next , but custom has' nearly rendered the law in this respect invalid , for
so few Lodges conform to it , that it may be invidious to dispute the general practice , viz . to give seven days' notice . The party having been initiated is entitled to every privilege . An appeal to the Board would end in admonition . We advise silence . AN ENGLISH MASON inquires if Lodge 778 , named "the Polish National Lodge , " works according to the English ritual , and on wiiat days it meets ? The Calendar supplies no information . BIRD ' S - . —The proceedings of the Monmouth are " uncannie , " albeit that the election of Master has fallen on the mayor , a Brother of unblemished reputation . The Board of G . P . advised the cultivation of good feeling—why then disappoint natural expectations and fair claims ?
E . S . N . —As the election for Master is by ballot , the name of the party given in by each member should be legibly written on paper , and the Past Master should distinctly read the name on each paper , the Secretary taking a note thereof . The Past Master and Secretary , if necessary , compare , and the Secretary announces to the Master the name of the successful candidate , viz . the Brother having the most votes . — 2 . VD . —The question of resignation of members not being confirmed , especially them selves being present , is virtually a continuance , not a re-constitution of membership . The point has been so decided in several instances .
ARCH MATTERS . A NASSAU COMP . —AS the Committee of G . P . have decided the question , we may be excused giving an opinion . In colonial districts there must be more latitude admitted . A SUBSCRIBER . —In the case of a Companion elected on the second Thursday , Jan . l & iG , io the second chair , antl duly installed on the second Thursday of the following month , who was afterwards elected on the first Thursday in Jan . I 847 i and installed ( in another Chapter ( on the 1 st Feb . 1847 , thus showing a deficit of one week in legal service ; we are of opinion that , in the strict letter of the law , the election was void ; but the installation having taken place , the matter should rest , the spirit of the law being but little affected , and much incon ^ venience and ill-will would attend official inquiry .
TEMPLARS . A . G . will perceive that a paper previously received has taken precedence . A MKMKER . —To sell out the trifling amount of stock , the fruits of former industry , tn hush up the folly and vagaries of a silly man , would be to stultify the Encampment . Let those who created the debt pay it . ONE PRESENT . —This must be an error , for the report ofthe G . C on the 2 Gth is altogether wronir .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To Correspondents.
A MASTER OF A LO » GB . —The Grand Master of England can only grant warrants for the obseivance of the ritual of the G . L . ; but such ritual may ba conducted in any foreign language . MONMOUTH . —The Board having decided the main question , the others are comparatively unimportant . It would have been better that the Master had immediately made the decision known , but he probably thought it due to the Prov . G . M . to apprise him in the first instance , which being hardly an error in judgment should be readily passed aside .
A SUDSCRIBKR . —A Past Master of one Provincial Lodge may , on attending a sister-Lodge in the province , ( of which he is also a subscribing member ) , preside thereat in the absence of the Master and Past Masters , if requested so to do ; but by law , the Wardens rule the Lodge in the absence of the Master , although by law they cannot perform any of the ceremonies . This is an anomaly that requires regulation . R . S . —The law certainly states that a . candidate must be proposed at one Lodge and ballotted for at the next , but custom has' nearly rendered the law in this respect invalid , for
so few Lodges conform to it , that it may be invidious to dispute the general practice , viz . to give seven days' notice . The party having been initiated is entitled to every privilege . An appeal to the Board would end in admonition . We advise silence . AN ENGLISH MASON inquires if Lodge 778 , named "the Polish National Lodge , " works according to the English ritual , and on wiiat days it meets ? The Calendar supplies no information . BIRD ' S - . —The proceedings of the Monmouth are " uncannie , " albeit that the election of Master has fallen on the mayor , a Brother of unblemished reputation . The Board of G . P . advised the cultivation of good feeling—why then disappoint natural expectations and fair claims ?
E . S . N . —As the election for Master is by ballot , the name of the party given in by each member should be legibly written on paper , and the Past Master should distinctly read the name on each paper , the Secretary taking a note thereof . The Past Master and Secretary , if necessary , compare , and the Secretary announces to the Master the name of the successful candidate , viz . the Brother having the most votes . — 2 . VD . —The question of resignation of members not being confirmed , especially them selves being present , is virtually a continuance , not a re-constitution of membership . The point has been so decided in several instances .
ARCH MATTERS . A NASSAU COMP . —AS the Committee of G . P . have decided the question , we may be excused giving an opinion . In colonial districts there must be more latitude admitted . A SUBSCRIBER . —In the case of a Companion elected on the second Thursday , Jan . l & iG , io the second chair , antl duly installed on the second Thursday of the following month , who was afterwards elected on the first Thursday in Jan . I 847 i and installed ( in another Chapter ( on the 1 st Feb . 1847 , thus showing a deficit of one week in legal service ; we are of opinion that , in the strict letter of the law , the election was void ; but the installation having taken place , the matter should rest , the spirit of the law being but little affected , and much incon ^ venience and ill-will would attend official inquiry .
TEMPLARS . A . G . will perceive that a paper previously received has taken precedence . A MKMKER . —To sell out the trifling amount of stock , the fruits of former industry , tn hush up the folly and vagaries of a silly man , would be to stultify the Encampment . Let those who created the debt pay it . ONE PRESENT . —This must be an error , for the report ofthe G . C on the 2 Gth is altogether wronir .